I actually managed to complete an art lesson this week. I worked on this in stages while cooking dinner over several evenings so I am glad it was a project that allowed me to break it down to that extent. The phased stages mean that I for once thought to take some process photos. The lesson was for Let’s Face It and was taken by Angela Kennedy. The idea was to paint a trio of female figures interlinking or interlocking in some way, subtly different but cohering through use of the media. I used ink and watercolour only because that was what I had easily to hand and those are the media I work most quickly with. Instead of adding detail to the figures’ clothing, I sprinkled salt on to create some interest. I think that also helps maintain focus on the faces. I have two sisters (and a bundle of brothers) but I don’t know that this trio are three sisters together. Maybe three witches ready for Halloween.
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The do look so much like sisters! Love the salt effect on the dresses!
Thank you. I tried to keep them similar but with little tweaks here and there to make them subtly different.
This is the creepiest by far. Their mouths are smiling but their smokey eyes speak of menace and witchcraft. And I think their nostrils are flaring.
I love that you interpret it that way, Kerbey, as I definitely saw something a bit “Other” in how they appeared. Because they were a trio, they made me think of the three weird sisters who prophesy to Macbeth. They just sort of emerged that way because I went in heavy with the grey ink and I went with it. It definitely made their eyes intense I think, the smoky grey set in the pale faces.
Absolutely modern day witches, about to lure someone (not me – please, not me!) into their enchantment…… Kind of menacing really. American Halloween suits you well I think 🙂
Thank you. I love monsters and horror so Halloween is definitely appealing to me.
This is my favorite ever. Complex and arresting.
Well wow! Thank you so much for that. I’m so glad I scraped together enough time to respond to this lesson given the positive response to it. That helps motivate me to keep scraping together time.
I love this! The sisters are subtly Hallowe’en-y, and I’m definitely getting a “Scottish Play” feeling from your painting. It was interesting to see the in-progress shots too! I’m glad you found a couple of free minutes in your hectic schedule for this assignment!
Thank you. I’m glad too. I almost didn’t start it because I felt certain it would be sitting incomplete on the easel for ages, annoying and taunting me, but I ignored some steps of the process, altered aspects of the approach to suit my own methods, and used media I’m more comfortable with and that way I could work on it over successive evenings while I was cooking dinner. I literally added the fresh tones to the faces while stirring curry.
Wow, now THAT’S multitasking! I’m impressed… I would probably have completed the painting with daubs of curry sauce by accident! 😆